Events
The Derbyshire Safeguarding Adults Board (DSAB) supports several awareness events each year, particularly Safeguarding Adults Week, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on 15 June, and the annual Scams Awareness campaign arranged by Citizens Advice.
Safeguarding Adults Week
Safeguarding Adults Week from Monday 17 to Friday 21 November 2025 is a time for organisations to come together to raise awareness of important safeguarding issues. The theme for 2025 is ‘Prevention: Act Before Abuse’.
In 2021 we launched our Connect to Protect Campaign (#ConnectToProtectDerbyshire) to encourage people to think about how they can connect with others – whether it is colleagues, friends, neighbours or family members – and ask how they are doing and whether they need any support. This campaign is ongoing and supports our strategic priority of Prevention.
To mark Safeguarding Adults Week last year (2024), we partnered with Derby Safeguarding Adults Board to deliver a series of free online training sessions for colleagues, covering a wide range of safeguarding topics:
- Mental Capacity Act and executive functioning
- Making Safeguarding Personal
- Disclosure and Barring Service and safeguarding
- Professional boundaries
- Trauma informed practice
- Understanding the concept or professional curiosity
- County lines and exploitation
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Derbyshire Safeguarding Adults Board supports World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, which happens each year on 15 June. It represents the one day in the year when the whole world voices its opposition to the abuse and suffering inflicted to some of our older generations.
In 2022 we produced a video presentation with help from 2 Derbyshire care homes, Ada Belfield in Belper and Rowthorne in Swanwick, whose staff and residents feature. The residents and care home staff really help to bring to life the messages we are so keen to share about recognising and reporting abuse and neglect, and we are grateful for their involvement in the project. The presentation is also attached to this page.
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